The next scene we finally get to see a real shark. Not the shark but a real one. The tiger shark shown is huge, but the stakes go even higher when we learn that the one killing people is even bigger.

Nice red pants!

We get a reminder that Quint is still around. He passes through the scene quietly, almost shark like.

One of my favorite lines, "A whaaaat?!" This huge fisherman delivering the line like a Castro queen. Love it!

Hooper tells us that this isn't the shark. Sorry no dice. The mayor still wants to be idealistic and upbeat.

All the frenzy and happy doings are brought to a crashing halt by Mrs. Kitner's slap. It's a great moment given to an unknown actress. To me, that lends credibility to the story. If Adrienne Barbeau had played her it would have been cheesy to me.

Pfft, I had to leave the room to get some, ya know, work done while I'm at work.



And I'm SOOOO Hooper (except, of course, I can't grow a beard to save my life vest).

Ooooh, I can't wait till Gemini Cricket gets to my favorite shot, coming up soon I think, and what - if anything - he will say about it.

That seems like an end of an act to me. Not sure but it feels that way.

Brody the human being versus Brody the chief of police scene. Brody's mad at himself. Feels like he has to redeem himself somehow. At least his kids and wife love him. Tender scene that offsets the sting of the slap.

But just for a bit.

Hooper comes back in with the shark autopsy plan. I love how Hooper just invites himself to dinner. lol

Sharks attack in 3 feet of water. Freaked out the world, I tells ya.

Shark autopsy scene. Again the grodiness of the scene is amplified by Dreyfuss's reaction to what he's doing.

Again, more humor thrown in for good measure.

No Alex Kitner. There's still a shark problem.

Night hunt for the shark. Brody mutters on about how dangerous New York is. Fish Finder sees something. Hooper is going to go scuba diving when they get to Ben Gardner's boat.

There's a great shot of the spotlight on Gardner's boat. It has the fog and the streaks of light. Really wonderful. But the most important thing shown is the piece of the side of the boat missing. We see it quick, but it might explain what happened to the fisherman.

Scuba diving at night. Not so smart. But to Hooper, it's not all about fear it's about finding out what's what.

One of the best jump scenes ever in filmdom is the head poking out of the hole in the boat. Nice. It's kind of confusing what happened tho. Did the shark bite through the boat and then through his face?

I have half a mind to pull this same "stunt" while watching Close Encounters. Spielberg is a super-genius in that one (he wrote a good deal of it, though stole the writing credit form many writers who contributed far more).

And I'm a thousand times more Dreyfus' Neary than I am Dreyfus' Hooper. ;)

Defaced billboard scene. Again more humor to let us breath a little after the jump scene.

More info on the shark. True info. Again the spewing of these facts makes the whole movie believable.

I think you should. That would be supercool.
:)